Adoption Leave Clause Samples

Adoption Leave. (a) The employee will notify the employer at least 10 weeks in advance of the date of commencement of adoption leave and the period of leave to be taken. An employee may commence adoption leave prior to providing such notice, where through circumstances beyond the control of the employee, the adoption of a child takes place earlier. (b) Before commencing adoption leave, an employee will provide the employer with a statutory declaration stating:

Adoption Leave. A. A department head or designee shall grant a permanent employee's request for an unpaid leave of absence for the adoption of a child for a period not to exceed six months and may grant a permanent employee's request for an additional six months. The employee shall provide substantiation to support the employee's request for adoption leave. B. During the period of time an employee is on adoption leave, he/she shall be allowed to continue health and dental benefits. The cost of these benefits shall be paid by the employee and the rate that the employee will pay will be the group rate.

Adoption Leave. (a) The employee will notify the employer at least ten weeks in advance of the date of commencement of adoption leave and the period of leave to be taken. An employee may commence adoption leave prior to providing such notice, where through circumstances beyond the control of the employee, the adoption of a child takes place earlier. (b) Before commencing adoption leave, an employee will provide the employer with a statutory declaration stating: (i) the employee is seeking adoption leave to become the primary care-giver of the child; (ii) particulars of any period of adoption leave sought or taken by the employee’s spouse; and (iii) that for the period of adoption leave the employee will not engage in any conduct inconsistent with their contract of employment. (c) An employer may require an employee to provide confirmation from the appropriate government authority of the placement. (d) Where the placement of a child for adoption with an employee does not proceed or continue, the employee will notify the employer immediately and the employer will nominate a time not exceeding four weeks from receipt of notification for the employee’s return to work. (e) An employee will not be in breach of this clause as a consequence of failure to give the stipulated periods of notice if such failure results from a requirement of an adoption agency to accept earlier or later placement of a child, the death of a spouse, or other compelling circumstances. (f) An employee seeking to adopt a child is entitled to unpaid leave for the purpose of attending any compulsory interviews or examinations as are necessary as part of the adoption procedure. The employee and the employer should agree on the length of the unpaid leave. Where agreement cannot be reached, the employee is entitled to take up to two days unpaid leave. Where paid leave is available to the employee, the employer may require the employee to take such leave instead.

Adoption Leave. (a) An employee who adopts a child is entitled to a period of up to 52 weeks of adoption leave, commencing from the date of placement of the child. (b) Adoption leave may not be accessed for a child who has been living with the partner (including same-sex partner) of an employee prior to the employee adopting the child.

Adoption Leave. (a) An Employee who becomes a parent for one or more children through the placement of the child or children in the care of the Employee for the purpose of adoption of the child or children pursuant to the law of the Province is entitled to an unpaid leave of absence of up to seventy-eight (78) weeks, or more, if required by the adoption agency. (b) The Employer shall require an Employee who requests Adoption Leave pursuant to Article 19.08(a) to submit a certificate from an official in the Department of Community Services, or equivalent, to establish the entitlement of the Employee to the Adoption Leave. (c) Adoption leave begins on such date as determined by the Employee, coinciding with the child or children first arriving in the Employee’s home, and ends not later than seventy-eight (78) weeks after the child or children first arrive in the Employee’s home, whichever is earlier. (d) Notwithstanding Article 19.08(b), where an Employee has begun adoption leave, and the child to whom the adoption leave relates is hospitalized for a period exceeding, or likely to exceed one (1) week, the Employee is entitled to return to and resume work in the position held immediately before the leave began or, where the position is not available, the matter shall be referred to the Joint Committee on Technological Change. The Employee is entitled to only one (1) interruption and deferral of each adoption leave. (e) The Employee shall give the Employer two (2) weeks notice of the date the Employee will begin adoption leave. (f) The Employee shall give the Employer two (2) weeks notice of the date the Employee will return to work upon completion of the adoption leave. (g) Where an Employee reports for work upon the expiration of the period referred to in Article 19.08(a), the Employee shall resume work in the same position they held prior to the commencement of the adoption leave. If the position no longer exists, the matter shall be referred to the Joint Committee on Technological Change. (h) While on adoption leave, an Employee shall continue to accrue and accumulate service and seniority credits for the duration of their leave, and their service and seniority shall be deemed to be continuous. However, service accumulated during adoption leave shall not be used for the purposes of calculating vacation leave credits. For the purposes of calculating vacation leave credits during the year in which adoption leave is taken, one (1) month of service shall be credited to an Emp...

Adoption Leave. Upon request, and having completed his/her initial probationary period, an employee shall be granted leave of absence without pay for up to six (6) months following the adoption of a child. The employee shall furnish proof of adoption. Where both parents are employees of the Employer, the employees will decide which of them will apply for leave.

Adoption Leave. ‌ Upon request and with appropriate documentation, an employee is entitled to adoption leave without pay of up to seventeen (17) weeks following the placement of a child.

Adoption Leave. (a) The Employee shall be required to provide the Employer with written notice of their intention to apply for adoption leave as soon as is reasonably practicable after receiving a placement approval notice from an adoption agency or other appropriate body. (b) The Employee must give written notice of the day when the placement with the Employee is expected to start as soon as possible after receiving a placement notice indicating the expected placement day. (c) The Employee must give the following written notice of the first and last days of any period of adoption leave they intend to apply for because of the placement: (i) Where a placement notice is received within the period of 8 weeks after receiving the placement approval notice – before the end of that 8 week period; or (ii) Where a placement notice is received after the end of the period of 8 weeks after receiving the placement approval notice – as soon as reasonably practicable after receiving the placement notice. (d) Subject to Clauses 56.8 and 56.9, an Employee must begin parental leave on the day of placement of the child. (e) Before commencing adoption leave, an Employee will provide the Employer with a statement from an adoption agency of the day when the placement is expected to start and a statutory declaration stating that the child is an eligible child, whether the Employee is taking short or long adoption leave or both and the particulars of any other authorised leave to be taken because of the placement. (f) An Employee must provide the Employer with confirmation from the adoption agency of the start of the placement. (g) Where the placement of child for adoption with an Employee does not proceed or continue, the Employee will notify the Employer immediately. The Employer will then nominate a time, not exceeding four weeks from receipt of notification, for the Employee’s return to work. (h) An Employee will not be in breach of this clause as a consequence of failure to give the stipulated periods of notice if such failure results from a requirement of an adoption agency to accept earlier or later placement of a child, the death of a spouse, or other compelling circumstances. (i) An Employee seeking to adopt a child is, on the production of satisfactory evidence if required, entitled to unpaid leave for the purpose of attending any compulsory interviews or examinations necessary to the adoption procedure. The Employee and the Employer should agree on the length of the unpaid leave. Wher...

Adoption Leave. A full-time employee shall have six (6) weeks for adoption beginning with the day the child is received. The absence shall be charged to accumulated sick leave. Bereavement Leave